The hydrological cycle and ocean circulation of the Maritime Continent in the Pliocene: results from PlioMIP2

• Published in: Climate of the past Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 2053 - 2077
• Main Authors: Ren, Xin, Lunt, Daniel J, Hendy, Erica, von der Heydt, Anna, Abe-Ouchi, Ayako, Otto-Bliesner, Bette, Williams, Charles J. R, Stepanek, Christian, Guo, Chuncheng, Chandan, Deepak, Lohmann, Gerrit, Tindall, Julia C, Sohl, Linda E, Chandler, Mark A, Kageyama, Masa, Baatsen, Michiel L. J, Tan, Ning, Zhang, Qiong, Feng, Ran, Hunter, Stephen, Chan, Wing-Le, Peltier, W. Richard, Li, Xiangyu, Kamae, Youichi, Zhang, Zhongshi, Haywood, Alan M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 26.10.2023; European Geosciences Union (EGU) [2005-....]; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Anomalies; Atmosphere; Atmospheric models; Carbon dioxide; Climate; Climate change; Cluster analysis; Continental interfaces, environment; El Nino; Geography; Heat; Hydrologic cycle; Hydrological cycle; Hydrology; Indonesian Throughflow; Intercomparison; Marine transportation; Modelling; Ocean; Ocean circulation; Ocean currents; Ocean, Atmosphere; Oceans; Pliocene; Precipitation; Salinity; Sciences of the Universe; Sea surface; Sea surface temperature; Sea surface temperature anomalies; Shelving; Simulation; Surface salinity; Surface temperature; Temperature anomalies; Volume transport; Water circulation; Indian Ocean; Pacific Ocean

The Maritime Continent (MC) forms the western boundary of the tropical Pacific Ocean, and relatively small changes in this region can impact the climate locally and remotely. In the mid-Piacenzian warm period of the Pliocene (mPWP; 3.264 to 3.025 Ma) atmospheric CO.sub.2 concentrations were â¼ 400 p...